The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-22
MIR. PRICES PLEA .
TO TIE DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS
In tho Legislature to Rally Round tho Anti.
Camdou Fling md Elect tho Choice Of the
"Twelve" MIR. Campbell Compll.
\ mentcd by tho Republicans.


Special Dtpaleh 10 he In,e'ligenetr. .
CHARLESTON, ". Va, Feb. 2l.-To.day's
session OF the joint assembly was some
what like Saturday, but II anything moro
intereating. Some excitement has been
caused by reports that tho floor OF the
House Of Delegates hall had sunk precep!.
IDLY, and on motion OF Mr.. Roseberry q
committee OF three waB appointed to OK.
amineit and see II It was safe. They re.
ported that II was impossible to crowd 1t
beyond 1t strength. The fact Is that q
large beam beneath the floor cracked Sat.
urday. This is not surprising. There is
not a stick Of good lumber in the building.
The lumber was green and has warped,
leaving every crack wide, or with an un.
painted streak Of wood exposed. The
alarm about the safety Of the floor did not
reduce the attendance, neither did mo.
ton made by Mr.. Hagans nad adopted in
the House, that during tho joint assembly
tho rulo excluding outsiders from the
hall be strictly enforced. Thiu wnB aub-
eequently recongidered and tabled. Ru-
mora prevailed before tho joint assembly
met that President Price would answer
the speeches ei Saturday, aud when
Speaker Rowan retained the chair after
the arrival OF the Senate this was seen 10
be true.
Mr.. Hsgans called up his fiye minute
resolution. Judge Maxwell hold that 1t
was out Of order, Mr. Hagans said he had
sat in patience on successive wash days
and lef the opposition wash Its dirty linen,
but he was tired Of 1t. The Speaker ruled
the resolution out.
PRESIDENT rRIcE's SPEECH.
President Prics then took tho floor. He
said he supposed nothing new could he
said, but he considered it due to himself
and those who acted With him and the
party that he Hhould say something in
vindica!ion Of their course. This was the
frs. time ia his life he was no! in har-
mony with tie majority Of his party assc-
ciateg, but after ali had hoen said it was
impossible for him to change his course.
He wanted to disabuse tho minds OF the
thirty.eight Camdenites OF somo misap.
prehnnaions, and place the eleven anti
Csmdenites where they would no. bo sub
ject 10 unjust criticism. The whole issue
was whether ]. n. Camden or any other
good Democrat should be Senator. ITO
me-" he said, "it Ia unaccountable how the
majority can say they represent the party
and We bs read out OF it because nc are
not resdy to bow down to ono.man
power. There Go coma times when one
man is greater than ,hia patty, when he
repreEents more than Is confined TO his
party's platform. Abraham Lincoln rsp-
resented i'll his own person the preso,va-
ton Of the Union, and it was right and
necessary hat;he Republican party nhould
uphold him as the one issue before tho
poople.
Samuel J. Tildon in 1880 was greater
than his party. BE represented the foul
eat wrong ever perpetrated on free peo-
ple and we should hava nominated him.
We did not and ior that reason and that
rssson alone We wero beaten. Does Gam
den represent any great principle? What
claim has hs.that We must sink the psrty
that he may be raised?.
NOT GREAT MAN.
He is not great man, not above tho
hundreds in mental capacity or statesman
ship we havs in tile Democratic party in
West Va; hundreds arc equally worthy
and competent. Tho party owes him no
debt. That tho majority prefer him is
tho strongest claim made on his behalf.
AS general rule personal preference aud
Individual opinions should giys way in
the interests Of the party harmony, but
this consideration does not justiiyG man
in doing what he feels to be wrong. We
do not impusn the motives OF the major
| ity and wo ask the same respectful treat
mont at their hands. We cannot support
Mr.. Camden because in his person, by his
methods, his practices he represents the
very thing which is contrary to the funda.
mental principles Of the Democratic party
which that party has fought for fifteen
years. The Republican party represents
strong centralized government backed by
a military power, the psrpetuation Of
favored men in office by the influence OF
corporate powers. The Democratic party
represents the idea OF as little government
as possible. This was the issue on which
Blaine was defeated in spite Of his person
al popularity. But for Mr.. Camdon's
money and that OF others back Of him he
would never be mentioned here. It is
the came influence which asserted itself
on behalf OF Mr.. Blaine when he had his
supper OF millionaires. Mr.. Camden hss
administered bis high trust we believe in
his own interest and that OF his personal
followers. He secured only appointments
that would be Of personal use to him.
The facts bear us out in this belief
| .HE WAS GETTING THERE. ,s57..
Mr.. Oxley raised the point Of order that
President Price was not nominating q
candidate, seconding o nomination nor
trying to nominate anybody.
President Prics-"I expect to nominate
o man before get done who will nomi.
nate somebody He went on to say that
he did not join in the hoodlum cry
against tho rich. The federal officers came
here in force; circulating false rumors
imputinsSunA@Shy motives, keeping up
q hubbub 10 prevent tho legislators meet.
ing together as a deliberative body. They
were brought here for that purpose and
accomplished 1t. The caucus which met
had no precedent for making a nomina-
tion. The caucis had not enough mem
bers to elect. Would Camden and kenna
and Snyder, holding as they do views on
the tariff widely differing from those OF
the large majority Of Democrats in Con.
gress, 90 into q caucus called to decide to
support IS a body Morrison bill2 In
this very body two years ago Democratic
members refused to 90 into caucus to
consider tax exemptions because they
thought the exemptions oughtto be made,
and the majority felt the other way and no
caucus was held. The leader who was on.
trusted with the party flag has trailed that
flag in the dust and sneaked into tho
camp OF the common foe and begged them
to become traitors that he may again lead
the Democratic army. We want a leader
who will not ask quarter. We do not
want a man who will stand behind, and
say I'll furnish the money. We want a
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